GRAND RAPIDS -- Standing in debris left from a a fire in his garage this morning, Adolph Jones said he was thankful the flames didn't hit his home or injure his five children.

"Thank God," he said. "It could have been the house."

Investigators were still at the home on Franklin Street near Alto Avenue on Friday morning. The blaze in the detached garage occurred sometime around 7:30 a.m. It is unclear whether arson is the cause of the fire, investigators said. No one was injured.

Jones woke up to the smell of smoke and saw flames early Friday morning just as his children were headed to school.